lime prickly-ash vs New Caledonian Flying Fox

Zanthoxylum fagara compared with Pteropus vetula

Key Differences

• lime prickly-ash is Endangered while New Caledonian Flying Fox is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	lime prickly-ash	New Caledonian Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Rutaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Zanthoxylum	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Zanthoxylum fagara	Pteropus vetula

Conservation Status

lime prickly-ash

EN — Endangered

New Caledonian Flying Fox

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	lime prickly-ash	New Caledonian Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

lime prickly-ash

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

New Caledonian Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.